Chris Christie has appeal to both Democrats as well as his own Republican Party. He is certainly a potential 2016 presidential candidate to keep an eye on. The question is whether or not the conservative base of the GOP will be open to his candidacy of if they'll cannibalize him.

As Facebook is expanding its footprint in Washington, D.C., Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has picked a seemingly unlikely beneficiary of his good graces: Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

Zuckerberg, along with his wife Priscilla Chan, will host a fundraiser for Christie at Zuckerberg's Palo Alto, Calif. home on Feb. 13. Attendees will be a mixture of Zuckerberg and Chan's social and business circles, and donations will be capped at $3,800, New Jersey's limit.

Why has Zuckerberg picked Christie as the beneficiary of what will be the Facebook chief's coming-out party in politics? The two met after Zuckerberg made a $100 million contribution to Newark public schools and have kept up ever since, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Zuckerberg recently approached Christie's team to find a way he could help the governor reach a third term, reports BuzzFeed.

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